Texo Drone Survey and Inspection Ltd, the owner-operator of
the world’s most dynamic fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for industrial
applications are pleased to announce the award of the UK’s most comprehensive
set of congested area commercial flight permissions ever awarded by the UK Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA).

Given the extensive fleet of drones owned and operated by
the company, the Operating Safety Case (OSC) was formed around specific
equipment and the technical complexity of flights in a variety of demanding
operating environments.

This unique set of Permissions from the CAA include the
ability to operate:

-To within 5 meters of any person, vehicle,
vessel or structure

-Over or within 10 meters of a structure that has
a height for more than 400ft

-To within 50 metres of an organised open-air
assembly of more than 1,000 people

-Extended Visual Line of Sight (EVLOS) to 1,500
meters

John Wood, Chief Operating Officer, Texo Group said: “I am
immensely proud to make this significant announcement. This marks a watershed in
the evolution of our business. Being awarded these extensive and expanded
permissions by the CAA really does vindicate our position as market leader in commercial
drone operations in the UK.”

Mr Wood added: “Texo are the first and only operator to have
been awarded these new flight permissions and my team and I are delighted to have
the full confidence and commitment from the CAA. We have some very exciting developments
to announce in respect of our Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations and
this is a great foundation to move forward on.”

Since its inception, Texo Drone Survey and Inspection has
developed a sector-leading suite of UAV deployed survey and inspection services
for mission critical infrastructure; bringing to market a number of world-first
technologies including:

- Survey-Grade
LiDAR (sub 5mm precision Asset Information Modelling)

- UT
Thickness Testing

- UAV
heavy lift & sky crane remote supply/drop

- UT
integrated Hyperspectral Sensor

These have been deployed in tandem with the company’s other
service lines including Close Visual Inspection, Thermographic and Internal UAV
inspection.